Amusement-swing



J. A. BABY.

AMUSEMENT SWING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. NH).

"1,330,307. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. l9l9. 1,330,307. Patented Feb.10,1920.

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Jason ALONZODARY, or PORTLAND, cannon.

AMUSEMENT-SWING.

To all whom'it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB ALoNzo DARY,'I

a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnornah and State ofOregon, have invented new and use.- ful Improvements in Amusement-Swings, of which the following is a specification.

This'invention relates" to amusement devices, particularly to swings, and has for its object the provision of an amusement device in the nature of. a platform upon whlch children may seat themselves and which is mounted for slidable and rotary movement upon a sliding standard, the platform having connected therewith cables which are securedto" the standard at the upper end thereof whereby upon initially rotating the platform in one direction the cables will be wrapped .around the standard and be placed under tensionso that when the platform is subsequently"released it will rotate in the opposite direction unwinding and then par tially rewinding the cables upon the standard, this operation continuing until the platform comes to rest.

An important object is the provision ofa device of this character in which the platform has pivoted thereon handle members adapted to be grasped by the operators and the cables are connected with these handle members so that when the cables are wound upon the standard and the operators sitting upon the platform pull upon these handle members the unwinding of the cables will be expedited so that the platform will quickly reach a high speed of rotation.

A further object is the provision of a clevice of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, which'will be amusing andexercise producing 1n action, and which will be consequently an attractive amusement device.

With the above and other objects and ad-, vantages in view, the invention consists in the details'of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illus trated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the devic in normal position, i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with the platform in its highest position and showing the cables wrapped about the standard,

the position shown inrFig. 2,

Specification of Letters Patent, j i Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

. Application filed June 2, 1919." $eria1 No.' 301,270.

, F ig'. 4. is a detail sectional view through the top of the standard, 7

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through the platform, and Fig. 6 is aplan vie-w o'fthe supporting base.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates a supporting base which may be formed of a plurality of planksor the like,'crossed and secured together,;as clearly shown. Secured 4 upon the base 10 by an'y'suitable means, as by being recessed thereinto, is a cylindrical standard 11 which maybe formed as a hollow pipe, if desired. It willalso 'be apparent that if preferred, the standard 11 I maybe sunk into the ground instead of being supported by the baselO.

-Mounted for rotary and sliding movement upon the standard" 11, is a platform designated asa whole by the numeral 12 and this platform includes side bars 13 connected at their centers by a block 14: provided with a central hole 15 for the passage of the standard 11. At their ends, the side bars 18 are connected by pieces of board or the like 16 which constitute .seats At points for the users of the device. spaced from the seats 16' there are secured upon. the underside of the side bars 13 cross bars 17 serving as foot rests.

Pivoted, as shown at 18, between the side bars 13 at points spaced from the seats 16, are movable members 19 which are bifurcated at their upper ends, as shown at 2 0.

and which have rods 21 extending through! their upper ends and across the bifurcation. These rods 21 project beyond the sides of the members 19 and provide hand holds for the operators seated upon the seats 16. A. cable 22 has its-ends secured upon the block 14:; as shown, is trained and secured around 1 the rods 21 within the bifurcations 20 of the members 19, and extends upwardly for con-' nection with the top of the standard 11. This connection might be accomplished in many ways though, as shown in the drawings, the upper end of the standard 11 is slotted, as shown at 23, and the cable has its central portion engaged within this slot.

In order toprevent slipping ofthe cable a large knot is formed therein and is engaged within the hollow standard between the slots 23 therein.

The device being constructed and assembled as above described, the operators take their places upon the seats 16and preferably place their feet upon the cross bars 17 and grasp the projecting ends of the rods 21. Some one standing upon the ground then grasps the platform 12 and rotates it upon the standard 11 until the lengths of the cable are fullywound uponthe stand ard 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. As the cable is wound upon the standard, it will be seen that the platform will be raised along the standard and that the members l9will swing upon their pivots l8 and be disposed almost in horizontal position, as clearly shown. If leftto itself, the platform would naturally be rotated in a reverse direction though it is preferable that the operators pull upon the rods 21 to exert additional tension upon the lengths of the cable. This pulling on the members 19 will result in expediting the unwinding of the cable so that the platform will very quickly be rotating at a comparatively high speed, affording amusement to the operators in an obvious manner. After the, cable is entirely unwound, the momentum of the platform and the operators thereon will cause the cable to be partially rewound in the opposite direction and as soon as the momentum ceases While I have shown and described the.

preferred embodiment of my invention, it

is of course to be understood that I reserve.

the right to make such changes inthe form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spiritof the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim. Having thus described my invention, I claim A device of the character described com- 7 prising a supportin-g'base, a standard rising therefrom, a platform slidable and 'rotata- I bl e upon said standard, seats upon said platfornucross bars secured upon said platform and providing foot rests, members pivoted upon said platform adjacent said seats and swingable in a vertical plane, and a cable connected at its'ends' with said plat form, connected with i said members at points spaced from its ends andhaving its intermediate portion secured to the top of said standard. V i V In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JACOB ALONZODARY; 

